Improvement in ribbon-blocks



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UNITED STATEs WILLIAM oBEIsT, oE NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT lN RIBBON-BLOCKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 139,326, dated May 27, 1873; application tiled April 26, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM OBRIST, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Bibbon- Block, of which the following is a specifica- Fig. 2; and Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section of the same, on the line x, Fig. 1.

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The object of my invention is to furnish to manufacturers and importers of; silk and other ribbons an improved ribbon-block, which, on account of its strength, durability, and cheapness excels the pasteboard blocks used for ribbons of smaller sizes, and is mainly intended as a substitute for the heavy, solid, wooden blocks used for the larger sizes of ribbons. My invention consists of a cylindrical tube, rolled of a cylindrical strip of cheap straw or other paper, the layers of which `adhere by the application of some cheap mucilage or paste. This tube is strengthened sidewise by wooden disks forming therewith a strong cylindrical ribbon-block. y

In the drawing, A represents the tube or vconvex surface of the cylindrical block produced by rolling a continuous piece or strip of cheap straw paper over a cylindrical roller, providing at the same time the inner side with some cheap paste till a thickness of sufticient strength to correspond to the different widths and qualities of ribbons is obtained. A strong tube whichresists side pressure and supports the ribbon wound upon it is furnished thereby, which, in connection with the disks B, which are turned and cut of wood or equivalent material, forms an economical block by which not only the original expense but also the cost of freight is reduced. The

disks B are glued "sidewise to the tube after l" the same is dry, forming top and bottom ofthe cylinder, and giving increased strength and finish to the same. The tube A is neatly described.

WILLIAM OBRIST. Witnesses:

T. B.- MosHER, ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

